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Club Notes…Fri 6th Oct 2017

Well it was certainly a good weekend to meet Eagle AC members on the road with so many club members running the Cork to Cobh 15 mile run, great to see so many familiar faces and hope it was an enjoyable day for all. The Cross Country Novice championships took place in Riverstick on the same day and it was great to have both a ladies and a men’s team out to represent the club.

And for those of you with eyes on Dublin just to let you know it’s only 24 days away! Good luck with the final long runs and preparations.

Results – below 10k (Mairead Lonergan and Karen Bevan)

If you have any results to share or feel we are missing any, contact us

Sunday October 1st 2017
The Novice Cross Country Championships were organised and hosted by Riverstick-Kinsale AC last Sunday. It was great to see both a women’s and a men’s team out to represent the club on the day. Congratulations to all members involved.

Well done to club member Mark Smith who finished the annual Cork BHAA Cork to Cobh 15 mile road race in an impressive time of 1 hour 25 minutes and 10 seconds. That works out as roughly 5:41 per mile pace!

2 Mark Smith M2 01:25:10

The club had plenty of members taking part but it’s hard to list everyone as athletic clubs aren’t listed in the BHAA results.

These are the club members that we could see in the results, apologies if we have missed anybody and do feel free to let us know. Well done to all involved on the day, whether you were racing or using this as a Dublin Long run: it’s a very enjoyable event every year.

Trail and Hill news – sent in by Gerard Down
Halloween : a Halloween fun run that may be of interest to members is the Currabinny Woods Halloween Race being held on Thursday 26th October, 2017 at 8.00 pm. Details at https://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/1511

Flickr Photos : Derek Costello
9th Sept 2017 John Buckley Sports Cork City 10 Mile https://flic.kr/s/aHsm6kjHrG
If anyone has photos from any races that i have missed , please send them to me and I will add them to the album

Club News: John Desmond End of the road for the Ballycotton races : The shock news today was that the Ballycotton 10 and the Ballycotton Summer Series are coming to an end. These races have been hugely popular with club members over the years and we were often one of the largest clubs taking part. The statement from Ballycotton Running Promotions can be seen here…http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2017/10/end-of-road-for-ballycotton-10-and.html

Evening Echo Photographer at CIT track – Tues 10th Oct : The Evening Echo should be doing a profile of the club in the near future and with that in mind, they will be sending out a photographer to the CIT track on Tuesday the 10th of October. If members have Eagle gear like dry fit tops or jackets then they might wear them on the night.

Sports First Aid : Denis Looney and Tracy Cotter are the latest members to have completed the Sport First Aid Course. That brings the total now to 6 members who have done the course in 2017. The club may look at paying for more members to do the course in 2018 if any members are interested.

Eagle Results: In the recent results for the Charleville Half-Marathon, there were no fewer than 7 versions of the club name up on the Sports Timing website. Just a reminder to everyone that if you are entering a race online, Please use EAGLE AC No dots or extra spaces or anything else. It just makes things a lot easier for Ruairi and Mairead to extract the results for the weekly mail and the website.

Club Talks Workshops : The club is currently looking at organising some talks and workshops over the next few months. Tracy Cotter and myself are working on these at the moment and we’re looking at Mid Nov Feb 2018. These will will cover a wide variety of subjects so there should be something for everyone.

2017 Dublin City Marathon: The Dublin City Marathon also doubles up as the National Marathon Championships and this year it will be held on Sunday the 29th of October.
Updated 30th Sept: Athletics Ireland have now released an updated club entry list. If you’re not on the list below, let me know.

Charleville Half Marathon Sunday 17th September 2017:
As usual, a large contingent of Eagles took part in yesterday’s Charleville half marathon, 35 in total. Many had followed either followed the clubs training plan for this race, or used it as a tester during their Dublin training. In good conditions for racing, some great times were recorded, with at least 9 members we know of running PB times. We also had Elaine, Conn John Desmond acting as pacers.

Trail and Hill news – sent in by Gerard Down
Glen of Aherlow Trail Marathon
Great results from the Glen of Aherlow Trail Marathon on Saturday the 16th September 2017
Eagle AC member Austin Browne finished in 1st place overall for the Men’s Marathon and First Place in Men’s O 40 in a time of 3hrs 42 minutes. Fantastic run and well deserved congratulations sent Austin’s way!
Gerard Down also ran on the day but unfortunately sprained his ankle on mile 9. Despite this Ger finish the marathon in a time of 5 hrs 37 and 36th place overall in the results

Halloween : a Halloween fun run that may be of interest to members is the Currabinny Woods Halloween Race being held on Thursday 26th October, at 8.00 pm.
Details at https://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/1511